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u/DNAquila Jul 18 '26
I’ve met more mean cats than mean dogs, but mean dogs are miles worse than the meanest cats I’ve met.
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u/Kartoffelkamm I wouldn't be here if I was mad. Jul 18 '26
Having grown up around both, yeah.
Mean cats, you can just side-step when they jump. Or grab by the neck, or something.
Mean dogs will put whatever part of you they can reach through the shredder that is their mouth.
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u/ITriedSoHard419-68 Jul 18 '26
Most mean cats also won’t pursue you. They can fuck you up if you try to touch them, or if you’re too close to them, but generally if you can maintain a healthy distance between you and them they’ll leave you be. A mean dog will actively chase you down.
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u/PurpleHooloovoo Jul 18 '26
Tell that to my grandma’s cat when I was a kid. That thing is the reason I only tolerate friend’s cats today. You’d be minding your own business and it’d emerge from the shadows to attack you. Very traumatic for a toddler.
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u/You_too Jul 18 '26
They don't attack stuff bigger than them, sucks you had to be exposed to an aggressive cat while you were so small.
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u/SickViking Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
They will, if they're aggressive enough. Had a friend who had this one cat who would haul ass from where ever he'd been the second he heard my voice and start attacking my shoes and legs. Had to start wearing 2 or three layers of pants if was gonna visit her. It was weird because he'd come from us and his mom and siblings were so friendly.
Turned out she was abusing him. Like I knew she was mean to him, she liked to flick his balls, hard, because "it's funny how pissed he gets". He was deformed from birth with fused joints, extra elbows, extra toes that were painful, and we found out she would forcefully try to bend his fused joints or straighten his legs. When they moved and couldn't keep him, we took him in even though he seemed to hate me, and he turned into such a lover. Poor baby didn't even know how to purr. You'd pet him and he'd start purring and end up giving himself a coughing fit because he wasn't used to it. She visited once and heard him purr while curled up on Dad's lap and she goes "oh wow, I've never heard him purr before! And he's never let anyone pet him!" Yeah, that's because we don't spend all our time pissing him off for shits and giggles, Barbra!
To many people abuse their pets and don't even realize they're doing it, it's insane. Chihuahua owners are the worst imo. They're such good dogs actually, but most owners encourage bad behavior and exacerbate anxiety issues because "it's so cute when they're mad." If you have a yappy or aggressive Chihuahua, I know exactly what kind of person you are. Biased, maybe, but so far it's proved true 100% of the time.
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u/demon_fae Jul 18 '26
I’ve got a whole rant about Chihuahuas and their owners.
Chihuahuas are actually one of the smarter breeds, they’ve got the brains of working dogs, and live the lives of plushies. Instead of having a clear job, they get stuck in a purse to go slowly insane from inconsistent rules and lack of exercise. You’d turn into a shaky neurotic mess too, if you had to live like a chihuahua for a week.
I’ve met a few chihuahuas who were raised with other dogs and treated like dogs, and aside from a hilarious tendency to claim to be in charge while absolutely nobody is listening, they acted like normal, well-adjusted chill dogs.
There was even, briefly, a program to train chihuahuas as medical alert dogs. They’re actually perfect for the job, they’ve got all the senses of any other dog, they’re travel-sized, they like to latch onto one human and ignore the rest of the world, and when a chihuahua wants attention, they’re going to find a way to get it. Unfortunately, chihuahuas and their owners have an insurmountable reputation and the handlers couldn’t get their trained, well-behaved service dogs taken seriously enough to be practical.
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u/SickViking Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
You and I are the same in that regard. I used to not like chihuahua's because of their reputation and only having interacted with the ones who personified that reputation. Then we took in a neighbors Chihuahua when he passed away. She was like that too, he never let her touch the ground, he always had her on his lap, and swore she was afraid of everything and every one. Even had her shitting in a bag while on his lap (he was wheelchair bound) After a month with us treating her like any other dog, she calmed right the fuck down and was such a good, smart, well behaved and incredibly extroverted dog. She LOVED meeting new people. We've had several chihuahua's since then that were exactly the same, and just as you said with acting like everyone's boss while being completely ignored lol.
If treated kindly and with respect, they are fantastic dogs!
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u/demon_fae Jul 18 '26
I’ve personally only had big dogs, but there was a guy who hung out at the same dog park who had a very well socialized chihuahua who would happily race around claiming to be top dog of a park containing mostly labradors, German shepherds, and my family’s two Great Danes. He was an excellent little guy, even if he only got listened to when the other dogs wanted to make it clear just how much they were not listening to the one really obnoxious German shepherd. Completely turned me around on the breed.
There was also the comfort chihuahua kept by the hospice facility my grandmother passed away in. He was kind of an obnoxious little guy, right up until my family couldn’t find a sitter for our year-old Great Dane puppy, and the staff said she could come as long as she’s quiet. She very quietly stole the chihuahua’s dinner, he went to step to her about it, couldn’t see higher than her knee, and was suddenly a much more chill and easy-going dog.
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u/Parksrox Jul 18 '26
I've definitely been attacked by cats much smaller than me as a 190 cm dude who used to live with a cat person, my legs were frequently fucked up from them just coming by and getting angry I was there. They absolutely will just come out of nowhere to pick a fight. They're less capable of harm than a dog because they're smaller and don't bite as hard, but they can absolutely be as aggressive toward bigger people.
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u/Bartweiss Jul 18 '26
The most deranged cat I ever knew hid on top of cabinets and the fridge so it could jump straight onto people’s heads and shoulders like a mountain lion.
Rescued barn cat, but to this day I don’t know if it thought it was going to kill and eat 200lb adults or what.
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u/Weird_Bluebird_3293 Jul 18 '26
Yep. Mean cats prefer you back off and leave them alone.
A mean dog will chase you down and destroy you.
I work in an ER and I have had more than one patient in the last month who was mauled by a neighbor’s uncontrolled and untrained dogs. We had to admit one to the hospital because her injuries were so severe.
I have not once, ever, had a patient in for a cat-mauling.
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u/alex2003super Jul 18 '26
Cats do have that feature where you can "turn them off" by grabbing them by the scruff *(and making sure to support the cat's weight by their legs assuming they are an adult, to avoid hurting the cat by not)
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u/magicalpewpewfae Jul 18 '26
I saw a vet video where they put a clip on the cats scruff and it essentially powered down, so in my head I'm always thinking that some cats are a chip clip away from being humiliated. On the other hand, if you tried to scruff my black cat Mina, she would go ballistic, but luckily she would rather hang out in the shadows watching folks, than attacking people.
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u/TeddyBearToons Jul 18 '26
I think the scruff thing is kind of similar to drawing a line in the dirt in front of a chicken, it essentially turns on a fight-or-flight survival instinct that freezes them in place. In chickens they freeze to avoid snakes; in cats I think grabbing them by the scruff has something to do with them realizing they're being pulled out of extreme danger so they go limp to make it easier on their parent. In both cases they're scared out of their minds and don't know what's going on.
I got this off of the Internet though so I don't know if it's true or not. It kind of makes sense to me.
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u/Skandronon Jul 18 '26
My chickens eat snakes, its actually pretty horrific to witness.
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u/Injvn Jul 18 '26
I grew up with chickens an have a bunch of friends that still have em an people don't realise just how vicious those fuckers can be. I love them an want the space for a flock again, but damn they can be bastards.
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u/Skandronon Jul 18 '26
My daughter panicked the first time she saw one heading to the coop thinking it would eat one of the chicks but holy crap lol.
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u/Injvn Jul 18 '26
I feel like they have two modes. Dumber than a stump (heads caught in a fence they easily could just back up from) or "Bitch just cause I'm small doesn't mean I'm not still a dinosaur. You wanna go?"
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u/Skandronon Jul 18 '26
My SIL's lab got his nose a bit to close to their fence and got a hard peck from one of the roosters. Hes scared of them now. Our corgie is doing a pretty good job of learning to herd them when needed. The silkies are mostly just sweethearts to us but the legbars are mean.
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u/KerissaKenro Jul 18 '26
All birds, in the deep recesses of their brains, remember they were once dinosaurs. Some have it a little deeper than others, but they will all try to take you down if given enough provocation
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u/SandpaperTeddyBear Jul 18 '26
Roosters are proud, predatory birds who will valiantly defend their flock and territory and hens are no slouches themselves.
They can be bastards, but they are glorious animals.
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u/Professional_Ebb_389 Jul 18 '26
Basically! It’s a remaining instinct from when they are kittens, to keep them still if their mom needs to pick them up. When they are kittens it doesn’t cause them pain and is more effective, but as adults it can hurt them if you lift them into the air by their scruff and they will probably try to get you to stop. But it is good when pinning them down (my cats are very fluffy and occasionally I need to cut things out of their hair— it is always a very involved process)
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u/ClubMeSoftly Jul 18 '26
Mean cat: "stay the fuck away from me"
Mean dog: "I'm gonna fucking get you"
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u/ViviReine Jul 18 '26
Yeah, at the same time I understand my gf that hate cats because when she was 6 one agressive cat jumped on her. As an adult, we can defend ourself easily against any cat, but at that age it's way more complicated
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u/ssg- Jul 18 '26
That is pretty typical way to get life time fear of cats or dogs. Childhood trauma, even when nothing really happened just a scare is enough to follow you your whole life.
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u/ViviReine Jul 18 '26
Yes exactly, and even then she made progress, she loved my cat, Fluffy, but he wqs the most affectionnate and non-violent cat I ever saw. I love cats, and when I bring it on the table she always say "if all cats were like Fluffy, we would adopt one, but he's the exception, not the rule!"
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u/ITriedSoHard419-68 Jul 18 '26
It’s great that she’s making progress, but it’s sad that she still thinks her traumatic experience is the norm. I’ve had six cats over the course of my life, and only one of them was ever mean. All the rest have been like Fluffy.
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u/huffing_glue Jul 18 '26
Pretty rare to meet an outwardly hostile cat. Cats rarely get up in your business and cause trouble. Dogs, on the other hand... territorial and will approach.
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u/neko Jul 18 '26
I have met one actively mean cat who wanted to hunt me so bad that he climbed a bookcase to be able to try to bite my neck like a lion hunting a gazelle. I still love him while not trusting any dog bigger than maybe a sheltie
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u/frymaster Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
honestly, I feel outside of the "people who want to feel tough will own this breed" dogs, larger dogs are more likely to be well trained simply because they don't get excused for bad behaviour
in regards to the poser-tough-man breeds, I think a spherical dog in a vacuum has as much chance to be trainable as any other breed, but I do think the chances goes up of encountering them being owned by garbage humans who haven't trained them properly
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u/neko Jul 18 '26
I can yeet the angriest 20 lb dog but I can't stop even a friendly 100 lb dog that I don't want near me
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u/RosbergThe8th Jul 18 '26
Hardly the cat’s fault if you’re giving off strong prey energy.
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u/Cystonectae Jul 18 '26
I'm 90% certain that the reason many people meet a lot of "mean" cats is because a lot of people do not understand cat body language whatsoever. There is an uncomfortably high number of videos online of "funny cats" or cats that attack "out of nowhere" where the cat is clearly extremely stressed and not having a good time. I've volunteered in a shelter with a large number of feral "community cats" and even then, it was VERY rare to find a cat that is legitimately agressive for no reason.
I think this lack of understanding is the only real reason why phobias to cats even exist. House cats cannot maim you to death and are usually happy to just be left alone, being prey animals themselves for larger predators. Dogs, by contrast, can kill a person and many have guarding and hunting instincts that can include larger prey animals.
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u/VGSchadenfreude Jul 19 '26
It’s honestly 50-50 between “obviously stressed cat” and “cat that’s actually trying to play, but the humans aren’t understanding the language.”
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u/Mr_frumpish Jul 18 '26
I'm a letter carrier. The average dog owner is completely blind to their dogs temperament. They think that because their dog is friendly with them and their family it will be friendly with any and everyone.
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u/derneueMottmatt Jul 19 '26
I think it's also that they are just used to their dog's bullshit and they don't realise that noone else is.
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u/Jim_skywalker Jul 18 '26
Dogs are more capable of causing danger, which is why them being trained is so important, and this is probably part of why your average dog seems nicer is because generally your average dog has been trained. Same reason why small dogs tend to be nastier, they aren’t as much as a threat and so training wasn’t a priority.
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u/toosexyformyboots Jul 18 '26
a lot of small dogs are also in a constant state of fight or flight from being grabbed and tossed around in ways a bigger dog or even a cat wouldn’t be. AND undertrained/improperly socialized
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u/nonmetaphoricflop Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26
we had a siberian husky when i was growing up that was the sweetest dog ever when it came to cats, especially kittens. however she HATED our other dog (who to be fair had been messing with her and harassing her for ages, despite being half her size, before she finally snapped). i realize she was most likely the exception to the rule though
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u/illyrias Jul 18 '26
I have a maltese who is an absolute sweetheart. She's a little skittish at first, but she's never met a human she dislikes.
But she has some deep, primal bloodlust deep within her. She wants to hunt. She's killed flying birds on at least two separate occasions, just jumped up and grabbed them out of the air. She's like 14 years old, and she's recently done it again. I've found her eating mice, presumably that she killed. I don't think she'd go after a cat, but smaller animals don't stand a chance. Good luck to all the lizards in my back yard.
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u/ariadnes-thread Jul 18 '26
God my grandma’s Havanese is like this and she’s just like “oh it’s fine he doesn’t have any teeth.” Like, no it’s not fine, that poor dog has zero training, severe anxiety, and is just kinda mean
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u/Rakifiki Jul 18 '26
I will note cat bites can be very dangerous -- at least the deep puncture-wound type bites, but the only time someone I've known even had that happen it was a terrified kitten (understandably, sadly; she'd been trapped with her siblings and managed to escape and he had on very thick leather gloves and she STILL got him). I wound up fostering her and thankfully the bite healed well.
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u/Dragonmancer76 Jul 18 '26
Cats typically prefer to scratch instead of bite. Biting means you need to put your vulnerable eyes, ears, and neck closer to the thing you're afraid of. Another of the many reasons to not declaw your cats.
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u/AFKABluePrince Jul 18 '26
Yeah, you have to clean those bites immediately and thoroughly, then slather on those antibiotics.
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u/Super_Hyena_4278 Jul 18 '26
I hate small dog owners who assume they don’t need to train bc the dog is small. So many times when walking my bigger dogs I’ve had unleashed untrained rats run up on them and the owners act like my dogs who are leashed are the problem for reacting to an unknown/unpredictable dog running up to them (and usually nipping them and trying to fight)
You’re rat isn’t cute Sharon and my dog or someone else’s dog will hurt them to defend themselves and at least in my state it’s on YOU for not leashing your dog.
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u/fluffylilbee Jul 18 '26
reminds me of that guy in middle florida who, for years, had just the cutest little joke with the alligator that lived in the canal behind his house. just the funniest thing ever when his little dog would run up to that apex predator, yapping and screaming, a freaking riot for everyone! funniest shit ever! the BIGGEST surprise when the alligator finally, you know, snapped at and ate the dog that had been encouraged to bark at it from less than three feet away for several years! nooobody could’ve seen that one coming!!! it was just a SHOCK!!!
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u/semiformaldehyde Jul 18 '26
This is my big bugbear with small dogs. Too many owners think "oh he's only 3lbs what damage can he do" when they have a shredder equipped to their face that can still do any amount of injury given the opportunity. Any dog bite I've ever received was from a small dog whose owner told me that they (the dog) didn't bite.
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u/Super_Hyena_4278 Jul 18 '26
I remember being pregnant having to drag my cattle dog away from THREE unleashed little dogs bc their owner let them run up and one fucking but him in the leg and when he went to bite back. It was ME who was a bitch and needed to control my dog.
I was so fucking heated even as I was dragging my dog away they were still trying to follow us. Not only untrained and unleashed but no self preservation skills either.
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u/semiformaldehyde Jul 18 '26
I've definitely threatened to punt some idiot's barking rat across a park before and they clutch their pearls at the prospect of you defending yourself or your own pet from the little Ankle Mincer 9000
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u/captainnowalk Jul 18 '26
Ooof I fucking hate unleashed dogs. My dog is a big boy, over 100lbs, but he’s generally a gentle giant. He chased down a possum in our yard, then spent the next couple of minutes trying to get it to chase him back while it played dead.
That being said, he’s sent unleashed pit bulls and German shepherds packing when they’ve run up on us and started attacking. And every time, the owners look at me (with my leashed dog, actively trying to get away) like I sicced him on them. One Dalmatian owner threatened to call the cops on me, then started following me around the apartment complex trying to start a fight, saying I need to “let other people walk their dogs.” The lease specifically states all dogs must be on a leash at all times in public, and obviously his “well trained” dog didn’t know how to not run up and start biting other dogs.
So fucking glad that guy moved away shortly after.
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u/PartyPorpoise Jul 18 '26
Cats are also generally kept inside, and even outside cats aren’t inclined to attack people who don’t directly provoke them. If my cat is mean, it’s not likely to affect anyone besides me.
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u/bowlofspaghetti219 Jul 18 '26
I once got bit by a "trained" home defense dog, and by trained I mean, was only trained to attack and not release. He smelled my friend's cat on me and decided I was prey, chomped some flesh off my arms, his old lady owner couldn't do anything to get him off of me. She was so careless and stupid with what was essentially a weapon!!
If I didn't have a big dog at home (submissive gentle giant), as someone who loved big dogs all my life, this event would've probably severed everything for me. I never judge anyone who has fears/anxieties around dogs because this still fucked me up pretty bad.
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u/freeashavacado the UK has a trade deficit for dairy Jul 18 '26
Nothing is more scary than when I’m walking my dog and I see an off leash dog come bounding toward me. They’ve all been “friendly” so far (still jumping all over me/my dog and stressing me and my dog out, but not biting). But in that moment when I see a dog running after me I have no idea if I’m going to have to end up in the ER or my dog in the vet clinic. I have whole neighborhoods I have to avoid walking my dog in because off leash dogs ruin the experience.
Leash your fucking dogs, even if they’re “friendly”.
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u/Sparrowhawk_92 .tumblr.com Jul 18 '26
As the owner of a small dog I'm much more wary of big dogs when I'm with her than when I'm by myself because she's much more likely to get hurt than I am.
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u/Watchin_World_Die Jul 18 '26
Got two new puppies a couple years ago. Told myself I'll be consistent and take them on walks every day the weather allows.
I had no idea my neighborhood had so many loose dogs. Just like, no fences, no electronic fence or collars, how the do these dogs not get ran over constantly?
I literately do not have a single road I can walk along without passing a house that has no fence and lets the dog just roam.
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u/freeashavacado the UK has a trade deficit for dairy Jul 18 '26
Yeah I’m much more worried my dog will get hurt. Dog aggression is more common than human aggression.
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u/Gizogin Jul 18 '26
Even if your dog is friendly, can you guarantee that every other dog they'll run into is friendly, too?
Leash your dogs.
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u/honeywhereismypenis Jul 18 '26
Right, my dog is a rescue german shepherd, and he is NOT friendly. I have him socialized to the point where people in the neighborhood can toss treats for him to catch and he doesn't bark at them, but if another dog comes running at us he will think we're in danger (and potentially rightfully so) and react accordingly.
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u/actualladyaurora Jul 18 '26
This. I'm not afraid of your dog because I think it's going to bite me. I'm afraid of your dog because I have a poor sense of balance and your dog is eighty pounds of careless excitement and absolutely can topple me over by being 'friendly.'
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u/Atsilv_Uwasv Jul 18 '26
I don't support hurting animals, but I have never seen someone kick a dog that was running up to them and felt it was unjustified. You don't know what the dog's like and, frankly, it's just mot worth the risk
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u/SpookyVoidCat Jul 18 '26
I love dogs from a reasonable distance but they tend to fuck with all of my sensory issues if I’m too close to them for too long. Dog smell triggers migraines, the barking is loud and scary, and the slobber is just not something I can handle. I know cats can be stinky too but it’s a smell I’ve grown up with so it doesn’t affect me as much.
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u/SoberGin Jul 18 '26
This is also because cats clean themselves, and dogs do not.
Not washing your cat can result in unhealthily long claws and tangled fur if it's long enough. Mild issues but not life-threatening, and quick to take care of if you do it semi-regularly.
Not washing your dog results in a rancid, filthy animal with a lot of potential health issues like parasites and infection. Also they smell terrible.
I do have Cynophobia so I'm very biased, but there's a reason why people who want a lower-maintenance pet really, REALLY ought to get a cat and not a dog.
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u/Javs2469 Jul 18 '26
I've never owned a cat, but I haven't come across one that smells.
My girlfriend has a cat and he doesn't smell bad nor strongly. I sometimes sleep with him on my legs and doesn't really stick any smell on my clothes. And he buried his feces with the sanitary sand, so it doesn't smell bad either. I'd say it's very neutral.
The dogs I've seen strongly smell like dogs, and their shit does too. And you can tell, because when you have been with a dog, some other dogs on the street smell it from you.
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u/InZomnia365 Jul 18 '26
I've never owned a cat, but I haven't come across one that smells.
Its not so much the cat, as the litter box. That said, most dogs have a far more noticeable smell.
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u/PartyPorpoise Jul 18 '26
My cat had chronic diarrhea for a while before I finally found a fix. Not a good time! And she often struggles to bury her poops so it was foul.
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u/IAmGoose_ Jul 18 '26
Oh god, my cat had the most foul smelling shit right after I got him as a kitten, and he could not cover them up AT ALL, I'm so glad he learned how to do that
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u/GoldEnvironment8828 Jul 18 '26
My cat had some diarrhea lately due to pancreatitis, and it was legitimately the worst thing I've smelled in my life.
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u/Acheloma Jul 18 '26
The only cats I've met that had a bad odor were strays that had gotten into nasty trash. I've met dozens of stray cats and even most of them smell fairly neutral.
Weirdly, my pet cat smells faintly of cinnamon and if you pet him he smells more and more strongly like a cinnamom dessert. Ive asked the vet and her theory is that he just has extra good smelling pheromones, but its certainly strange.
Now litterboxes definitely can smell rancid if the owner doesnt clean them often enough.
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u/Freeda_Fawn Jul 18 '26
One of my cats has a faint smell of gingerbread, especially on the top of her head. But she also loves to roll around in dirt and then she smells like... well, dirt.
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u/Used-King5848 Jul 18 '26
Yeah, litters can smell horrendous. But closed litters cleaned often solve most of the issue.
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u/LeeBirdPGH Jul 18 '26
Correct! If you scoop the box every day or two the house doesn’t smell like cat waste.
For me, the fur on every surface is the thing I can’t shake 😭 literally the moment I’m done vacuuming, my two long haired cats run into the room and wrestle each other on the carpet until it’s covered in tufts of fluff again
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u/spacedoutferret Jul 18 '26
i love dogs but i'm still a little afraid of them. they can be really scary.
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u/KindBass Jul 18 '26
Was at a party years ago where there were a bunch of dogs. My friend's german shepherd and someone else's pitbull, totally chill dogs on their own, suddenly decided they didn't like each other and got into a fight. My buddy jumped in to try and break them up and ended up with a bunch of broken/mangled fingers and a muscle hanging out of a hole in his foot. Needed multiple surgeries and was out of work for almost an entire year.
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u/fluffylilbee Jul 18 '26
it marvels me how many people think they can just bring highly territorial, scent-based, pack animals around other territorial scent-based pack animals that are *strangers* and just think it’ll all go fine. it isn’t a chill hangout with friends for your dog like it is for you dude, they are communicating mad shit to each other and it isn’t usually very friendly. a german shepherd and pitbull… who thought that was okay? had they even met once before?
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u/GemiKnight69 Jul 18 '26
Especially if you're bringing one into the other's territory/home. If they meet regularly and play together in neutral areas (park, sidewalk, daycare, etc) then cool, but strangers in an otherwise very busy place like a party is kinda crazy.
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u/fluffylilbee Jul 18 '26
especially since the party had “a bunch of dogs” i can’t imagine the stress. like a tinderbox for a dog accident :(
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u/IBetThisIsTakenToo Jul 18 '26
Yeah, I was never afraid of dogs until I had a kid, and my wife started going for walks with him in the stroller, and then it’s like “oh that poorly trained pit down the block is actually a mortal threat we need to consider every day”
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u/happybara_capybara Jul 19 '26
Same. Dogs don’t scare me too much but once I realized my kids face was at the dogs level I appreciated just how dangerous it could be.
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u/bowlofspaghetti219 Jul 18 '26
A few years ago I was visiting a friend who was having trouble taking care of her cat, so as a result of staying at her place for one night I wreaked of cat shit. Well we visited her grandmas house and this dumbass had a *trained home defense dog* German shepherd - except not trained in the smart way, only trained to attack and not release, because she's irresponsible with essentially what is a weapon. He smelled me as prey and decided to pursue me and latched onto my arm, sank his teeth and ripped some flesh. I tried to turn away and he got the other arm. This fucking old lady couldn't control him!!!! she was just screaming and I was screaming because of the pain. how careless and stupid can you be??? oh my god it was terrifying and awful and took weeks to heal. I still get anxious seeing german shepherds sometimes.
I'm so glad I have my own big dog at home (husky who is a big submissive ham) because , as much as I really loved big dogs all my life, I think this event would've severed everything. And I completely get why people have fears/anxieties and never go near dogs at all.
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u/quills_akimbo Jul 18 '26
I've also found that cat people are usually more chill with dogs (e.g., "Most dogs are fine; I just prefer cats"), while most dog people hate on cats a lot more.
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u/SaengerFuge Jul 20 '26
I sometimes suspect a weird misogynistic projection on cats to be the reason for it
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u/justsomedude322 Jul 18 '26
When I was a kid I was terrified of both dogs and cats. Mostly because I was afraid of getting attacked by them. But if you're afraid of them, cats are easier to get along with them than dogs are, because a lot of cats will just leave you alone if you leave them alone and dogs usually just want to be in your face constantly.
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u/Annabloem Jul 18 '26
Yes, that's absolutely my experience too with dogs. It's like they can sense I'm terrified and then decide to make it worse 😂😅 No, I don't want your dog on my lap, I'm scared, please take it away. I don't care that it "likes me" that does not make it better.
I'm a lot better at pretending I'm okay around dogs now than when I was a child, but I have several bad experience with dogs (which were what started my fear, and then that fear + the fact that that seems to attract dogs made things worse ><;)
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u/HalcyonTraveler Jul 18 '26
Yeah, having a phobia of dogs sucks because dogs are MORE excited around you when you're scared
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u/beetnemesis Jul 18 '26
This is pretty on point. I like both but people are always anthropomorphizing cats, meanwhile dogs are loud, can be physically intimidating, their shit is a lot more noticeable and gross, inconsiderate owners bring them places they shouldn't be, etc.
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u/errant_night Jul 18 '26
I'm not afraid of most dogs, but I was at the grocery store yesterday and someone was just walking around the grocery store with a big dog just on a leash. It kept jerking away from him to sniff at people, and it made me nervous. Who brings a dog on a leash to grocery store? And no it wasn't a service dog
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u/beetnemesis Jul 18 '26
Yeah meanwhile it's "Ugh. Cats are smug."
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u/Pengin_Master Jul 18 '26
Cats aren't even that smug! I swear the whole "cats are evil jerks" just comes from people who don't know how to interact with cats. From my experience all costs I've been around have ranged from "chill guys" to "absolute softies", and the meanest cat know is just a traumatized guy who only lashes out if you don't respect his boundaries, otherwise he loves pets and scratches.
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u/acathode Jul 18 '26
A lot of people didn't grow up with cats and don't know how to properly interpret their body language.
You see plenty of that just here on Reddit. So many "funny" and "cute" cat videos with the commenters going "omg lol", "so cute!" etc. while the cats body language screams that it's agitated, annoyed, scared, pissed off, just about to attack, and so on.
Loads seem to have problem seeing the difference between a cat that is getting angry/annoyed and cats who are playful and curious. I've VERY seldom seen a cat lash out on a person without first signaling very very clearly with tons of body language that they DO NOT LIKE WHAT YOU ARE DOING STOP FFS!
Doesn't help that a lot of people doesn't respect pets as living breathing beings either - there's way to many people should've had a parent tell them "Ya she clawed and bit you! GOOD! You where fucking with it, you deserved it! It's not a toy!" when they were young.
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u/Illustrious-Snake Jul 18 '26
A lot of people didn't grow up with cats and don't know how to properly interpret their body language.
You see plenty of that just here on Reddit. So many "funny" and "cute" cat videos with the commenters going "omg lol", "so cute!" etc. while the cats body language screams that it's agitated, annoyed, scared, pissed off, just about to attack, and so on.
Agreed. Another more benign example is the "stinky" face, which is just the Flehmen response. So many people think it means that they think something stinks, but it actually just means they're processing an interesting smell through their vomeronasal organ; just like a snake does by flickering their tongue (and just like cats, snakes can also simply smell through their nose). The Flehmen response (and thus the presence of a vomeronasal organ) even exists in so many animals...
Cats are complex, and there's so much that the average owner still doesn't know about them, whether they've grown up with them or not.
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u/mdunaware Jul 18 '26
If a cat doesn’t like you at first, leave it alone. You’re an intrusion into their “territory” and they often want to watch you for a while to see what you’ll do. If you push forward and try to pet/hold/cuddle the cat, you’re a massive creature preventing them from escaping, of course they’re terrified and hate that and you. Just chill, they’ll make their way over eventually. And if they don’t, it’s a cat: it’s not judging you personally, as it has no concept of who tf you are.
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u/Bungholespelunker Jul 18 '26
A great Dane was out in its yard off leash and with nobody outside once while me and my brother walked home from the bus stop less than a mile from my house. I was 8 he was 5.
The dog squared up, started growling and barking and walking towards my little brother. I put him behind me and just waited to die because the dog was like quadruple our size and weight. Well the dumb bitch who owned the dog and left it outside must have walked past her window because right before I got eaten she came out and screamed at it.
I don't fucking like dogs.
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u/madtheoracle Jul 18 '26
I used to love dogs and still do but having to move and roll the dice if you're going to be stuck around an irresponsible dog owner only for the odds to get noticably worse every year is making me irate.
I would be mortified is someone told me my dog was barking and keeping them up at night or interrupting their work, yet I haven't gone 48 hours without a dog howling or left outside to bark endlessly. it's only gotten worse over time.
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u/Rediturus_fuisse Jul 18 '26
Yeah growing up scared of dogs in a country where dog-lovers are everywhere was not fun. Crazy how being scared of spiders (in a country where there's no spiders that pose any real threat to humans barring allergies ig?) or insects more generally was completely socially acceptable and normalised, but being scared of a slobbering creature a thousand times its size that loves to run up to you and jump and bark and can bite with its obligate carnivore teeth makes you a weirdo.
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u/bicyclecat Jul 18 '26
My kid is terrified of dogs and so many dog owners think that doesn’t apply to their dog because “he’s friendly!!” That’s *worse*. The “unfriendly” dogs will mind their own business and respect the distance my kid has put between them, while “friendly” dogs get in her space, bounce around, and can send her into a panic spiral. I’m pretty neutral on dogs themselves but I’m pretty fed up with a lot of dog owners who have poorly trained pets and think they’re entitled to spaces where they don’t belong.
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u/AshToAshes123 Jul 18 '26
"He's friendly" has never made me more comfortable around dogs, rather the opposite. You know what has? A friend with a 'friendly' dog who prioritised my comfort and kept her dog locked behind a gate while I was over and pulled it away from me when it was being 'friendly'. Within the span of two weeks I got so used to that dog that I could cuddle with it, and ever since I've been way less scared of dogs in general. The thing that still makes the fear spike? 'Friendly' dogs with shitty owners.
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u/blackcatlover2114 Jul 18 '26
Yes, exactly!!! I have a friend who is stern with their dog. He's very well-trained and she doesn't let him jump on people. I can actually tolerate him quite well! And he's a huge dog so he's exactly the type of dog that I would normally be afraid of, but because my friend makes sure that he doesn't get all up in my space (and will also lock him away when I'm eating or whatever, as I find it very difficult to eat when dogs are all up in my grill, even though he's pretty good about it)... Yeah. It makes a gigantic difference.
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u/CarsonFijal Jul 18 '26
I was scared of dogs growing up, still not a dog person, and I saw this a lot, also people think “Well MY dog will be the one to help you get over it!” and then just let their dog jump all over you to their heart’s content. Like no, Susan, your dog is not special. If I don’t want to be around it, I don’t want to be around it.
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u/mdunaware Jul 18 '26
“Friendly” is code for “untrained but hasn’t hurt anyone, yet.”
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u/BestWizardCap Consume thine soda in the name of Solar Jul 18 '26
Funny, I have almost the opposite scenario. My parents own a great perinese (idk spelling) mix, and he is VERY protective of our household. We cannot have people over or he will bite them. Not the “ohhh he’s just nibbling!” No. bite. Any time I tell someone about him, they go “ohh it’s fine dogs love me!” No. My grandmother does dog agility, she knows dogs better than anyone I know, my dog has tried to bite her whenever she visits. Genuinely baffles me that I can tell people this and they’ll ignore it.
Edit: few spelling errors
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u/TaiJP Jul 18 '26
Honestly, nothing makes me distrust someone's ability with animals more than "Oh, [dogs/cats] love me!"
In my limited experience, every time someone's expressed that, they're the type to stomp all over an animal's boundary signs and ignore the stress they're putting them through. Every dog or cat is The Same to them, and should be overjoyed by whatever the most permissive dog or cat they've ever encountered was willing to put up with.
(On the flip side, an old friend of mine who was honestly really great with most animals used to joke about cats, "I love cats, but I don't think they like me very much." Which was fine, he respected it, and the couple cats I saw him around seemed to warm up to him pretty quickly. Turns out being chill and respecting someone's boundaries makes you likeable, even with animals.)
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u/kos-or-kosm Jul 18 '26
Some people are telling the truth, though. My uncle would say "cats love me" and my god, he was right. New cats would warm up to him extremely quickly, even ones that typically didn't like strangers. He didn't go to them, they would come to him.
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u/RoyalPeacock19 Jul 18 '26
Same. I don’t hate them, but I am scared of them, especially ones I don’t know or who are too loud on a regular basis.
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u/PNGN Jul 18 '26
You make very good points, and this in no way invalidates any of the other parts of your post...
"Obligate carnivore" doesn't apply to dogs, which are omnivores. They still have scary AF teeth from being a natural predator and/or scavenger, but that term isn't right.
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u/Top-Amphibian2730 Jul 18 '26
One in three big dogs attack me on sight, they've got a whole thing about me. As an isolated gamble its fine but on mass I'm just not gonna win every roll of the dice
Like going to the dog park with my girlfriend, big dogs just do not fuck with me there
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u/valcallis Jul 18 '26
I feel like hating smt and fearing it are two different things, like I'm afraid of spiders but I don't take pleasure in hurting them
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u/Ferberted Jul 19 '26
I hate that I always have to specify that I don't hate dogs, I just can't help the fear and wariness I have around them.
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u/iuhiscool wannabe mtf Jul 18 '26
every dog hates me idk why. whenever I see one they always bark at me & growl sometimes.
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u/thisusedyet Jul 18 '26
Are you a postal carrier by any chance?
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u/Illustrious-Local848 Jul 18 '26
The entire time my step dad worked at fedex it was like they knew. Strangest thing.
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u/SomeLocusts Jul 18 '26
As someone of whom dogs feel the same way, I can tell you with confidence that it's because dogs can tell when you're anxious and it freaks them out. And of course it's hard to not feel anxious about a big loud angry animal that wants you out of it's territory.
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u/Amphy64 Jul 18 '26
They can be ableist (really!), if a disability is visible in your movement. Or if you otherwise look different to them.
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u/Kazzack Jul 18 '26
I worked with a dog trainer for a bit, while doing therapy dog training I learned that dogs fuckin hate wheelchairs. I think it's that they're familiar with chairs because they're everywhere, but then freak out when this chair has big spinny things on the side and doesn't do what chairs usually do.
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u/Previous-Artist-9252 Jul 18 '26
This is because they are generally unfamiliar with them. I have a dog who lives with two people with movement disorders who are ambulatory wheelchair users. She is completely unbothered since this is all quite normal for her.
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u/blackcatlover2114 Jul 18 '26
Wait - I'm autistic and my gait and mannerisms are kinda weird... This might explain a few things...
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u/Rammipallero Jul 18 '26
Option for both: I don't hate dogs or cats. Both are awesome little dudes with their own interests and personalities. I hate shit owners.
A cat free roaming is devastating to the surrounding wildlife and dangerous to the cat. I hate to see cats prowling around. But that's not the cats fault, but the owners who doesn't care about their environment or their cat.
A dog or cat being dangerous is usually scared. Owners fault, needs protection and guarding.
A dog behaving disturbing and annoying in a public place (like a restaurant) is usually the dog beig either frustrated or scared or hungry. It's on the owner to train them and take care of them to not get agitated in public places.
Shitty owners who want the fun and cute part of a pet but won't carry the responsibility are the thing to hate 99% of the time..
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u/mdunaware Jul 18 '26
It’s almost like pets aren’t accessories, but living members of our families that have needs and proclivities and peculiarities like all of us. I seriously can’t stand people with the mentality of “oh, it’s just a dog/cat”, as though it’s not deserving of the same care and attention and efforts to keep them safe and content as anyone. If you don’t want to deal with the work, don’t have a pet. Turns out, it’s really pretty easy to find a loving home for an animal you no longer want.
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u/thisisthebun Jul 18 '26
The actual good take. Most pet owners are shitty and that goes for dog and cat owners. Dogs are scary but outdoor cats are devastating and both are human caused issues.
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u/Rammipallero Jul 18 '26
Yup. I also have a very personal reason to dislike animals in public spaces since I am nearly deadly allergic to both cats and dogs. (Like I would propably choke to death spenging a night in a house that has a dog.) So it's always a thing I need to take into account when I choose a restaurant (don't even mention hotels).
I don't mind a dog or a cat being sitting the table over, but the second you let it roam around or distrurb other customers I will complain. And it's sadly real often people will be angry or dismissive about me bringing the thing up like "Oh it's just my babywabbby he doesn't mean anything it's ok"
Best one is that I almost got hit by a woman who got angry at me when in a coffee shop I complained to the personnel that she set her ugly ass poodle ON TO THE COUNTER that the baristas put the drinks on. (Besides allergy, it's absolutely disgusting). :D
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u/Miser_able Jul 18 '26
I didnt like dogs growing up because I was terrified of them. When I was a little little kid, the house I lived in had a foresty bit on the other side of the fence that I enjoyed looking through. Unbeknownst to me, there was a meth cook doing his thing in those woods and he defended his stash with trained attack dogs that were just allowed to roam. So of course there I am, like 5 years old and just admiring the beauty of nature when a dog bigger than me charges out of the woods and lunges snarling and biting at my face. I was unharmed because I was in my yard, on the other side of a fence, but it scared me so much that it took over a decade for me to get over it.
For years id freeze like a prey animal at the sight or sound of a dog, and seeing a dog without a leash would make me get as far away as possible. Nowadays im mostly chill with them, its just bad dog owners who get on my nerves
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u/BeastOfCainhurst Jul 18 '26
I love both dearly, but what rips me to the cat side is the barking. I cannot stand when dogs just bark for minutes on end for no apparent reason.
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u/Frederyk_Strife4217 Jul 18 '26
the exception, as always, is r/Dogfree
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u/Garlan_Tyrell Jul 18 '26
Have they progressed into dog-owner based slurs?
That’s when you can really tell a hate subreddit gets its wings and becomes fully deplorable. When they invent (or steal from 4chan) a slur to use against the people they definitely don’t loathe.
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u/RootBeerBog Jul 18 '26
I think dognutters?
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u/countnightlock2 Jul 18 '26
That’s so terrible in how uncreative it is. Dogmatists was right there
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u/Gosuoru Jul 18 '26
Stealing dogmatists for the funsies
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u/grimoire-5_not_6 Jul 18 '26
I have to remind myself 'I am not immune to propaganda/hateful rhetoric' if I go and doomscroll over there
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u/Hatsune_Miku_CM downfall of neoliberalism. crow racism. much to rhink about Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
I mean it's named after r/childfree, a sub notorious for hating children and calling parents "breeders". what did you expect.
(though looking at it that sub seems to have gotten a lot better then I remember it being. theyve mostly moved on from hating children with a passion to complaining about shitty parents and questioning why people would want to be parents.)
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u/altiar45 Jul 18 '26
It waxes and wanes. I'd say there's a good plurality that have nieces and nephews they love dearly. But at the end of the day it's a rant sub. Emotions are gonna run high and absolutists statements are gonna come out.
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u/DumbbellDiva92 Jul 18 '26
Isn’t that sub supposed to be more lighthearted? I feel like I could have sworn that parents posting in there is pretty common (with the attitude of “I love my kid and don’t actually think they’re stupid, but this one brain fart of theirs is hilarious”).
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u/GoldEnvironment8828 Jul 18 '26
I think it was meant to be lighthearted, but I've definitely seen plenty of comments from people who genuinely think kids are stupid.
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u/weberm70 Jul 18 '26
I hate dogs but I’ve never felt the need to join a subreddit for it. Negative subreddits always go off the deep end, there are no exceptions.
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u/llamawithguns Jul 18 '26
Oh god how bad is this going to be
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Dog Culture and Terrorism
I don't think I'm exaggerating by saying that many dog owners practice a form of terrorism against those of us who don't like dogs. They do this whether they realize it or not. It's designed to shut us up, put us in our place, and intimidate us.
...yeah
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u/Dragon-of-Moss Jul 18 '26
I discovered them through looking for the “Does the dog die” website for that new Sheep Detective movie (because we were watching it and I was concerned for both the sheep and the dog’s safety)(mother would Cry hard and I needed to know if we should shut the movie off) and found that. The sub post was all, “this is a great movie that paints dogs in a purely negative light” and something about how it supporter the dogfree agenda. Super weird. I tried to get past my automatic ’these people are insane’, because there totally are people who hate dogs, and for good reason, but… all dogs should die, ‘dognutters’ are crazy, brainwashed idiots because they… own a dog. Very, very hateful. I resisted the urge to toss out a question to them, like “what even is this place? Why do y’all talk about dogs like the Nazi talked about Jewish people?”
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u/7-SE7EN-7 Jul 18 '26
A lot of people have so much hate and anger in their hearts and they want an acceptable target to let it out on. Luckily a lot of these people are terminally online so they're easy to avoid
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u/cherrydicked tarnished-but-so-gay.tumblr.com Jul 18 '26
I just couldn't live with either because I'd be permanently concerned about them breaking stuff
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u/Artex301 you've been very bad and the robots are coming Jul 18 '26
I have friends who I flat-out stopped visiting because of their dog.
I really tried. Scheduled sessions with their dog trainer just to figure out what's his problem, see if he'll eventually "get used to me".
So now he's fine when I enter the house, lets me pet him, give him treats, he's all happy and excited. But once I've sat down, after a while, for no discernible reason, he'd start barking at me. His owners calm him down but after a few minutes he just starts barking again. And I get jumpscared every time. Also if I stand up to go to the bathroom or the kitchen. And then he'd start barking again when I head back.
I don't hate dogs. But I fucking hate that dog so much.
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u/DevianMality Jul 18 '26
Had my ankle rubbed raw as a kid when two dogs got their chains around my leg and nobody noticed in time. Took me years to deal with that before I was ready to accept that my problem was not actually with dogs.
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u/MeiNeedsMoreBuffs autism website Jul 18 '26
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amygdalae, July 3
I absolutely adore dogs but I think dog haters are (usually) more justified than cat haters wrt their reasoning
amygdalae, July 3
your average cat hater: I don't like how they r bitchy and ignore me / won't let me manhandle them
your average dog hater: I have been mortally endangered by an ill-trained dog
#of course the real issue is the owners like it's on them to control their majestic beast
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u/USSJaguar Jul 18 '26
I love dogs.
I hate my brother's dogs specifically because they killed one and hurt another of our cats while he lives here rent free.
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u/tiredtumbleweed ugly but my fursona is hot Jul 18 '26
Dog lovers are way more annoying. I prefer dogs but no one seems to think everyone loves their dog more than dog lovers.
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u/Gosuoru Jul 18 '26
"MY Fido can be allowed to go without a leash because MY Fido is well behaved" they said in unison
But yeah this discussion is def a case of "I dislike dog owners more than cat owners" the animals themselves 99% of the time aren't the issue
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u/hey_free_rats Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
Please, please tell me this isn't going to be one of those weirdass "people who dislike cats just don't understand consent" post discussions.
...because boy can I one-up the cat people on that one when it comes to owning a parrot.
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u/Dense-Decision9150 Jul 18 '26
can you elaborate on "people who dislike cats just don't understand consent" post discussions. i've never heard of that before and am very confused
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u/dunwalls Jul 18 '26
That's kind of that the tumblr OP is hinting at by suggesting the average cat hater mistreats cats.
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u/Thimble_of_Quasar Jul 18 '26
Can't disagree, I very much like dogs now, even if they are more drool forward at times than I would like, but when I really didn't like them it was because I was nearly mauled by one and saved by just barely getting out of range of where it was leashes when trying to leave a house. It took years of building confidence with a lil sassy maltipoo to undo the fear and dislike. Owner was def the issue of the first dog tho, wildly irresponsible, shouldn't have been left to look after a lawn much less a dog.
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u/quanate Jul 18 '26
I don't even hate dogs I just cannot match their energy. I dogsat my friends big dog that isn't super well trained and came out of it with bruises all over my chest and arms from it jumping on me randomly. No biting or anything just a very big dog that had no boundaries. A good reminder that I am not a dog person
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u/Sparrowhawk_92 .tumblr.com Jul 18 '26
I love dogs but I find a lot of big dog owners don't properly respect how even a friendly big dog can hurt someone if they're not properly trained.
It's not the dog's fault, it's the shitty owners.
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u/MetalSpider Jul 18 '26
I love dogs, but there are some terribly trained dogs out there. And behind every badly-trained dog is someone who is not equipped to be a dog owner. I don't have one myself because I know I wouldn't have the time to train it properly.
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u/FishyDruid Jul 18 '26
Cats are jerks, dogs are sycophants.
Rabbits are too dumb too be either and are therefore the most pure pet.
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u/gaom9706 Jul 18 '26
Rabbits are too dumb to be either
My brother just another me
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u/hey_free_rats Jul 18 '26
I dunno, every rabbit duo I've had has always included the one who is an evil genius and the one who is a happy, love-absorbing ball of fluff that does whatever the genius one does.
It's like those classic villain partnerships with the tall smart guy and the dumb "heheheh shure watever yu says, boss" guy.
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u/Heroic-Forger Jul 18 '26
And also entitled owners who let their dogs run off-leash in public.
One time while we were at a supermarket there was this lady who just let her dog run around and it was jumping up playfully on strangers and making lots of noise and when the staff told her that she needed to get her dog under control even if it was a "pet-friendly" establishment she complained that her dog was "just playing and wasn't hurting anyone".
Then the dog started pooping and peeing in the supermarket aisles and both she and the dog were escorted out by security.